Identification

Title

Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries (2009-2013) [CEH Thames Initiative]

Abstract

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This data set comprises of weekly water quality monitoring data of seven sites along the River Thames, UK, and fifteen of its major tributaries from February 2009 to February 2013. Parameters measured were phosphorus and nitrogen species, dissolved reactive silicon, water temperature, pH, Gran alkalinity, suspended solids, chlorophyll and major dissolved anions (fluoride, chloride, bromide, sulphate) and cations (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, boron). Dissolved and total iron, manganese, zinc, copper concentrations have also been produced from August 2010 to February 2013. The accompanying daily river flow data are also supplied. Samples were taken as part of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's Thames Initiative monitoring programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e4c300b1-8bc3-4df2-b23a-e72e67eef2fd

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/e4c300b1-8bc3-4df2-b23a-e72e67eef2fd.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e4c300b1-8bc3-4df2-b23a-e72e67eef2fd

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

inlandWaters

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Hydrography

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-1.846

East bounding longitude

-0.503

North bounding latitude

52.176

South bounding latitude

51.253

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2009-03-02

End position

2013-02-25

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-02-13

Frequency of update

irregular

Quality and validity

Lineage

All water samples were collected by fieldworkers from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), Wallingford. All chemical analysis was carried out by the Nutrient Chemistry Laboratories at CEH Wallingford. Daily mean flow data that accompany the data set were produced by the Environment Agency, and downloaded from the National River Flow Archive in January 2017. Interpretation of this data set can be found in the following papers: [1] Bowes MJ, Gozzard E, Johnson AC, Scarlett PM, Roberts C, Read DS, et al. Spatial and temporal changes in chlorophyll-a concentrations in the River Thames basin, UK: Are phosphorus concentrations beginning to limit phytoplankton biomass? Sci Total Environ (2012) 426: 45-55. [2] Bowes MJ, Jarvie HP, Naden PS, Old GH, Scarlett PM, Roberts C, et al. Identifying priorities for nutrient mitigation using river concentration-flow relationships: The Thames basin, UK. J of Hydrol (2014) 517: 1-12. [3] Bowes MJ, Loewenthal M, Read DS, Hutchins MG, Prudhomme C, Armstrong LK, et al. Identifying multiple stressor controls on phytoplankton dynamics in the River Thames (UK) using high-frequency water quality data. Sci Total Environ (2016) 569-570: 1489-1499.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

You must include the following attribution "The supplied daily mean flow was supplied by the National River Flow Archive on the 10th January 2017."

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bowes, M.J., Armstrong, L.K., Wickham, H.D., Harman, S.A., Gozzard, E., Roberts, C., Scarlett, P.M. (2017). Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries (2009-2013) [CEH Thames Initiative]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e4c300b1-8bc3-4df2-b23a-e72e67eef2fd

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-02-09T11:10:03

Metadata language

eng